Muslim
From Arabic, where it means "one who submits to god". The name stays rare in Poland: only about 113 men carry it, and it is barely given to boys now.
Muslim Pronunciation
Muslim is pronounced MOOS-leem (/ˈmuslim/).
What Muslim means
Where Muslim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Muslim comes from Arabic. It is the active participle of the verb aslama, "to submit," built on the three-consonant root s-l-m. That same root gives us Islam and salam, the everyday word for peace. The literal meaning stays close to the surface: one who submits to God.
For the people who carry it, the name states a relationship rather than describing a temperament. A boy called Muslim is named for an act, the act of yielding to a will larger than his own. In Arabic the word names every believer, so the personal name doubles as a category, which is uncommon among given names.
In a Polish szkoła the name lands on a class register beside Kacper and Zofia, and a teacher reads it once, then keeps it. It has no Polish diminutive of its own, no Muślik or Musiu on record. In Poland the Arabic form stays intact.
The root holds it together. Submit, peace, and the faith itself grow from those three consonants, s-l-m.
How many people are named Muslim
1 in 188904 men in Poland is named Muslim. 113 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3199 among male names.
Muslim's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Muslim as a middle name
Muslim is a first name for 113 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6632nd, between Murali (3) and Musthafa (3).
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#6630 Munther3
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#6631 Murali3
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#6632 Muslim3
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#6633 Musthafa3
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#6634 Márcio3